New drug would let people get drunk without health risks

A British scientist says he’s found a new way to get drunk without a hangover, or even any alcohol.

The new drug could do for drinking what e-cigarettes have done for smoking – that is, allow people to indulge in their favorite vice without risk of addiction or other negative health effects, Professor David Nutt told BBC Today on Monday.

Nutt, a neuropsychopharmacologist at Imperial College London and former drugs advisor to the U.K. government, said the drug would be consumed as a cocktail drink and targets neurotransmitters in the brain to mimic the pleasurable effects of drunkenness, The Independent reported.